English footballers are back in vogue in the Premier League: Why a no-deal Brexit means it is a sign of things to come August 14, 2019 “That is a conundrum that we have to solve,” said Gareth Southgate in December last year, addressing the increasingly marginal status of English footballers in the Premier League. The England manager was speaking after the number of native players hit an all-time low, with just 54 of the 220 who had been named in starting [...]
Lookers profits splutter as dealership tries to contain sales practice issues August 14, 2019 Problems continue to mount for British car dealership Lookers, as the London-listed firm today said it expects costs to rise as it tries to address problems found with its sales practices. The small cap firm this morning posted a sharp drop in profit for the first half of the year, after car sales were affected [...]
UK court blocks private prosecution over Boris Johnson’s Brexit bus claim August 14, 2019 A campaigner attempting to prosecute the Prime Minister over claims that Britain would be £350m a week better off after leaving the EU has lost his bid to take the case to the UK’s Supreme Court. Marcus Ball was seeking to bring a crowdfunded private prosecution against Boris Johnson for misconduct in public office over [...]
Recession warning lights flash red as UK ‘yield curve’ inverts August 14, 2019 Warning lights are flashing for the UK economy after the government bond “yield curve” inverted this morning for the first time since 2008. An inversion is traditionally seen as a steadfast indicator of an upcoming recession. Read more: Into the red: UK economy shrinks for first time in seven years The curve is the difference [...]
Boris Johnson blasts ‘terrible collaboration’ between MPs and EU August 14, 2019 Boris Johnson has blasted pro-Remain MPs for a “terrible collaboration” with the EU to prevent a no-deal Brexit, during his first ‘People’s PMQs’. The Prime Minister used a live Facebook stream to answer pre-posted questions from members of the public, the first of which was about Brexit. Johnson said: “There’s a terrible collaboration, as it [...]
London house prices continue to slide under Brexit pressure August 14, 2019 London house prices have continued their slide with a year-on-year fall of 2.7 per cent in June, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed today. Read more: London house prices suffer worst plunge in 10 years The figure marked a slowdown from the 3.1 per cent drop seen in May, however, which was [...]
Henderson Park buys Irish real estate fund Green Reit in €1.3bn deal August 14, 2019 Real estate investment group Henderson Park today said it had agreed to acquire Irish real estate fund Green REIT in a €1.3bn (£1.2bn) deal. Green Reit floated in 2013 as Ireland’s property market began to recover after the country’s real estate crash. It put itself up for sale in April because its shares were trading [...]
German economy shrinks in second quarter as exports slump August 14, 2019 Germany’s economy shrank in the second quarter of the year as weak global demand caused exports from the former powerhouse of Europe to drop off, official data showed today. Read more: German factory production slumps in June raising recession fears Output fell 0.1 per cent quarter on quarter, the government said. The economy had grown [...]
Hammond: No 10’s Brexit plans ‘a betrayal’ of referendum result August 14, 2019 The former Chancellor has blasted Boris Johnson’s team for paving the way for a no-deal Brexit, arguing it would be “a betrayal” of the referendum result in 2016 and “must not happen”. Writing in the Times this morning, Philip Hammond slammed “the unelected people” – thinly veiled code for Johnson’s closest adviser Dominic Cummings – [...]
The reality behind the benign China myth has been laid bare August 14, 2019 For some time now, the British people have been sold a lie. It is a whopper of epic proportions, and as significant a distortion of reality as was the mythology in the 1930s that Adolf Hitler’s territorial demands and desire to re-arm Germany were somehow normative, justifiable, and containable by the policy of Appeasement. This [...]